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EBay Hacked

The recent hack of eBay by hackers unknown has sent a shockwave through the Web.

Sadly a lot people use the same password for multiple sites so the hacking of eBay opens up to fraudsters a goldmine of opportunity if they can decrypt what they have stolen from eBay. As such, expect to have many requests to change your password going forwards.

First eBay got hacked, then it took an age to place a notice about that on its front page. Perhaps the ineffectiveness of that delayed tactic explains why it is now pursuing yet another tactic: forcing any users who have not changed their password to do so.